Renters from across Toronto are set to gather this weekend to launch a citywide tenants union.
The founding convention of the Toronto Tenant Union will take place Saturday. It will bring together tenant groups, associations and individual renters aiming to coordinate efforts to improve living conditions.
Sharlene Henry is co-chair of the York South-Weston Tenant Union, one of the groups involved in organizing the event.
“We want folks to be able to live with dignity and unfortunately that’s not happening for a lot of people,” she told CBC Toronto. “We’re coming together to push this movement forward.”
Love to see it. Some forget that the regulatory emvironment was a compromise that saved bosses (and landlords) from getting tarred and feathered. When people lose hope in it working for them, we’re back to the proven methods.
